Month: May 2025
The curious case of the missing Alexa+ users – many are still waiting for ‘early access’
Amazon’s rollout of Alexa+ lacks much public evidence Technical issues may be delaying a wider release Amazon claims Alexa+ is in use by hundreds of thousands of homes Amazon unveiled Alexa+ with great fanfare more than six weeks ago, but there hasn’t been much of a conversation among AI and…
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Huawei’s new foldable laptop might be the thinnest yet
Huawei just launched a super sleek folding laptop that might be as thin as your phone. The MateBook Fold, which consists of a single OLED display, is just 7.3mm (~0.3 inches) thick when unfolded and 14.9mm (~0.6 inches) when closed, as spotted earlier by Android Headlines. To compare, Lenovo’s ThinkPad…
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Qualcomm isn’t giving us new Snapdragon chips at Computex – but there’s a surprise waiting in September
2024 was a banner year for Qualcomm at Computex, with the massive launch of its Snapdragon X Elite laptop processors putting it at the forefront of the event. In fact, Qualcomm’s keynote presentation last year was so impressive that I declared them the winners of the event, with guest stars…
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Netflix is picking up Sesame Street and doing something HBO should’ve done all along
Sesame Street has a new address. When the iconic children’s television program kicks off its 56th season later this year, it will be on Netflix, but, perhaps more importantly, it will also be on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the US. The pair announced the exclusive deal with a brief…
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Security team confirms a disturbing trend: the US is the largest spammer in the world and that’s only going to get worse
US generates 57% of global spam, VIPRE analysis of 1.45B emails shows Expanding US data centers make spam enforcement harder and threats worse Cybercriminals shift to simple, human-focused phishing using PDFs and SVGs A new report has claimed the United States is now the largest source of spam emails in…
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Microsoft’s Edit on Windows is a new command line text editor
Microsoft is unveiling its own command line text editor on Windows today. Edit on Windows will be accessible by using “edit” in a command prompt, allowing developers to edit files within the command line. It’s part of a number of improvements to Windows developer tools at Microsoft’s Build conference today…
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